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I wrote a book on the execution of the Rosenbergs for Cold War spying – and a recently declassified document has convinced me that Ethel was innocent

The sons of an American woman executed for spying on the United States during the Cold War want President Joe Biden to clear her name before he leaves office.

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Memoirs Are Almost Impossible to Sell

Publishers are turning away from personal stories. Have readers stopped caring about each other’s lives?

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That Librarian by Amanda Jones review – one woman’s brave fight against book banning

A small-town US librarian’s lively account of her battle with a group of far-right censors reveals the toll it took on her health

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Crime and thrillers of the month – review

A French assassin whose memory is failing; murders in a Swedish town that no one can leave; and some light crime-solving during an Australian Christmas

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Jewellery designer Solange Azagury-Patridge celebrates three decades of precious wit

A new book illuminates a 30-year career of darkly fanciful high-jewellery design, and a smacker of a semi-precious hit

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Australia’s Macquarie Dictionary picks ‘enshittification’ as word of 2024

Judging committee says term captures widespread sense that things are getting worse.

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Regrets, feminism, and Trump’s ‘fascination’ with Putin: key takeways from Merkel’s memoir

The former German chancellor’s book Freedom gives insights on Brexit and her East German upbringing

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Time to ditch the cliches about older people

Brief letters: Portraying old age | Book support | Charity donations | Young country diary | Power cuts

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Barbara Taylor Bradford obituary

Bestselling author who enjoyed overnight success with her debut novel A Woman of Substance

The Guardian - UK

Netflix reveals gripping new trailer for Harlan Coben's Missing You and it's packed with twists and turns

Missing You is the latest Netflix adaptation of a Harlan Coben novel and now we have an action-packed trailer.

WhatToWatch

Rushdie, Ernaux and Soyinka among authors calling for release of Franco-Algerian novelist Boualem Sansal

Sansal was reportedly arrested on arrival in Algiers on 16 November, with French President Macron demanding information about his whereabouts

The Guardian - UK

Bestselling 'Woman Of Substance' Author Barbara Taylor Bradford Dies Aged 91

Bestselling British-American writer Barbara Taylor Bradford, whose first novel "A Woman of Substance" turned her into an overnight success, has died aged 91, a spokeswoman said on Monday.

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Dune: Prophecy – the prequel series takes liberties with the Herberts’ vision, but not for the worse

Dune is one of the most revered works in science fiction, due to the scale and granular detail (no pun intended) of Frank Herbert’s world-building. The original novel comes with multiple appendices covering millennia of historical context. This means that the biggest hurdle any adaptation or spin-off must overcome is…

The Conversation

Gangs, guns and bibles in Cape Town: what it takes to quit a life of violence and stay alive

“Blood in and blood out” is a well-known saying in the townships of Cape Town, South Africa. It refers to the violent initiation rituals often needed to enter a gang – and the likelihood of being killed before one can get out. These are the perils that people face when…

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Barbara Taylor Bradford: she wrote books about sexy, scrappy, hard-working women like her

A towering goddess of late 20th-century fiction, the novelist sold a different way of living to women who did not have choices – and she made all of her own dreams come true

Evening Standard

A Woman Of Substance winner remembers Taylor Bradford’s ‘steely determination’

Journalist Lisa Salmon met the novelist in 2009 when she was recognised for the adversity she had overcome.

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Bottega Veneta’s latest must-have accessory is a giant Richard Scarry children’s book

Bottega Veneta has recreated Richard Scarry’s seminal 1985 children’s book ‘Biggest Word Book Ever’ in woven leather, alongside a playful capsule of accessories inspired by the American author’s picture books

Evening Standard

Barbara Taylor Bradford had ‘elegance, poise and steely determination’

The novelist died aged 91 on Sunday.

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The Independent UK

Barbara Taylor Bradford, million-selling novelist known for 'A Woman of Substance,' has died at 91

Best-selling author Barbara Taylor Bradford has died

Evening Standard

Barbara Taylor Bradford, one of UK's most successful novelists, dies aged 91

She wrote a total of 40 novels during her hugely successful career

The Guardian - UK

Novelist Barbara Taylor Bradford dies aged 91

Author described as ‘the grande dame of blockbusters’ wrote 40 novels, selling more than 91m copies

Evening Standard

Barbara Taylor Bradford, the ‘grand dame of blockbusters’, dies aged 91

The author published her acclaimed novel A Woman Of Substance in 1979.

The Independent UK

Barbara Taylor Bradford death: Bestselling A Woman of Substance novelist dies, aged 91

Author’s books sold over 90 million copies worldwide as she was dubbed ‘queen’ of blockbusters

The Guardian - UK

Downfall by Nadine Dorries review – a grubby business

The former Tory MP’s sequel to The Plot – her story of the ousting of Boris Johnson – is absurd and, for all the talk of Tory members, pretty dull

Inverse

59 Years Later, 'Dune's Most Deep-Cut Superpower Could Unlock Its Strangest Mystery

In the second episode of 'Dune: Prophecy,' Sister Lila has to undergo "The Agony," which leads to a massive twist. Here's what this deep-cut Bene Gesserit superpower is all about.

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